Jen Psaki

Clearly a diplomatic turn there.

Again, I'm sure that will fix it.

Just tell the prime minister of Israel to be a little more low key.

Take a little chill pill about his aggressive bombing campaign he's been pitching American presidents on for decades.

Now, today, Israel announced that it has agreed to start direct talks with Lebanon, but vowed to continue the fighting in the meantime and rejected all calls for an immediate ceasefire.

That doesn't sound that chill, does it?

Or like things are about to get low key anytime soon?

All of this is a reminder of why it is important to have actual adults in the room, people who can conduct delicate negotiations that go beyond yelling at the Iranian government on social media.

Of all the current and former U.S.

cabinet secretaries, there's probably no one who spent more time sitting across the table from Iran than former Secretary of State John Kerry.

I worked for John Kerry during the Obama administration when he negotiated the deal to end Iran's nuclear ambitions.

And prior to that, John Kerry spent years as the chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, tackling issues that dealt with Iran.

And as a former Navy lieutenant who was awarded three Purple Hearts for his service in Vietnam, he understands the risks this war poses to U.S.

service members.

John Kerry is exactly the kind of adult that these latest Iran negotiations are missing.

So what does he think about the Trump administration's handling of this war?

I'm going to ask him about all of it when we come back.

The American people are basically telling the president that they are not okay with any of this.

Joining me now is former Secretary of State, former senator and former chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee and former Democratic presidential nominee.

He has quite a resume, John Kerry, also my former boss.